Spanish for Beginners 4: Leisure Time
Learn how to talk about your hobbies and free time, and your likes and dislikes in the fourth Spanish for Beginners course.
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Duration
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How it works
Spanish for Beginners 4: Leisure Time
This free online course is the fourth of six in the Spanish for Beginners program. It will introduce you to the language that you need to:
- talk about your hobbies and leisure time, such as sports and music;
- talk about healthy living;
- talk about what you like and dislike;
- talk about what you prefer;
- give reasons, express your opinion, and agree and disagree with others.
Learn Spanish to talk about your hobbies and interests
During the four weeks of the course, you will learn vocabulary and expressions to talk about your leisure time, such as what you do in your free time at home, like reading or watching TV, or outdoors.
You will learn vocabulary to talk about sports and healthy lifestyles, about musical instruments, and about historical or modern buildings that you might see in your travels.
You will also learn how to talk about what you like, and about what you are not so keen on, using the verb gustar (to like) and preferir (to prefer).
By now, you will be halfway through the Spanish for Beginners program, and you will be growing in confidence. You will be coming across longer texts in Spanish, and will have to read some of them for gist, so you understand what they are about even if you don’t understand all the words.
You will learn about Ecuador, and its capital, Quito, and about Latin dance too.
Syllabus
Week 1
Talking about hobbies
Welcome to Spanish for Beginners 4 – Week 1
Before you start with the first week, let’s meet your fellow learners.
Talking about hobbies
In these steps you will learn how to talk about your hobbies and other activities you do in your free time, around the house or outdoors. You will also practise talking about frequency and duration.
Talking about sports
In these steps you will learn how to talk about sports you practice and you will also learn vocabulary related to sports.
Talking about music
Some people sing or play an instrument in their spare time, and some might be part of a choir or a band. In these steps you will learn about brass bands in Valencia and how to talk about how long you have been doing something.
Over to you
Test what you learned this week and find how to get the most out of it.
Week 2
Likes and dislikes
Likes and dislikes
In these steps you will learn how to talk about what you like or enjoy doing and what interests or bothers you.
Other verbs like 'gustar'
In these steps you will learn some other verbs that work in the same way as 'gustar'.
What do you like doing?
In this activity you will learn how to use the verb gustar with an infinitive.
Reading preferences
In this activity you will learn how to express your reading preferences and you will read about the Spanish historical novel.
Over to you
Test what you learned this week and find how to get the most out of it.
Week 3
Preferences and reasons
Expressing preferences
You will learn how to talk about preferences using verbs such as 'gustar', 'interesar', 'preferir' and 'molestar'.
The letter ’r’ at the end of infinitives
In this activity you will practise the pronunciation of the letter r at the end of infinitives.
Giving reasons
In these steps you will revise likes, dislikes, preferences and hobbies. You will also learn how to give reasons using '¿por qué?' and 'porque'.
Over to you
Here is a short test on some of the topics we have covered this week.
Week 4
Expressing opinions
Expressing opinions
In these steps you will learn how to express opinions, agreement and disagreement, and how to contrast statements by using connectors.
Expressing agreement and disagreement
In this activity you will practise expressing agreement and disagreement and will read more about young Spaniards.
It seems to me
In these steps you will learn how to express opinions using the verb ‘parecer’.
Expressing contrast
In this activity you will learn how to express contrast and you will read a text about how young Spanish people perceive themselves.
Over to you
Here is a short test on some of the topics we have covered this week.
When would you like to start?
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Develop skills in basic Spanish for interacting in common communicative situations
- Engage in simple communication in Spanish
- Apply the language introduced in the course to talk about your leisure time, hobbies and interests
- Apply the language introduced to talk about healthy living
- Apply the language introduced to talk about what you like and dislike, and what you prefer
- Apply the language introduced to give reasons, express your opinion, and agree and disagree with others
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at people with little prior knowledge of Spanish, who want to learn the basic language and find out about the Spanish-speaking world. The course assumes that you have already studied the previous three courses in the Spanish for Beginners program. This course is taught through English.
Who will you learn with?
I'm a lecturer in Spanish at the Open University. I'm fascinated by languages, how they work, and how we learn them.
I've been teaching Spanish with the OU for the last 14 years. Over this time I've built up a wealth of experience in distance learning for adults. I also have expertise producing learning material.
Who developed the course?
The Open University
As the UK’s largest university, The Open University (OU) supports thousands of students to achieve their goals and ambitions via supported distance learning, helping to fit learning around professional and personal life commitments.
Established
1969Location
Milton Keynes, UKWorld ranking
Top 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
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$244.99 for a whole year
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Develop skills to further your career
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- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
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$79/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
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Sample the course materials
- Access expires 29 Mar 2025
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